Sounds like the club is the big bad wolf here, ask yourself this then, he is the only player in the last 5 years that seems to have had a problem with deals offered by the club and he has had the same issue in the public domain twice in 2 years now.

Why? Is he the only one that has been offered a so called unfair deal out of a squad of 30? What about the other 40 players that have come and gone in the last 5 years? Or maybe just maybe, the issue comes down to him? And his obsession with "Chasing that big deal"? He had a figure in mind, the club did not think he was worth that figure, the club would not negotiate past a certain point, the club needed to plan for next season in terms of the players they have for the 2020 season in line with budget?

I had the same thoughts last year, however if the rumors are to be believed then he has had offers from a couple of other SL clubs and he is willing to accept lower than these offers to stay at Wakey.

But i agree it isn't good that so much is in the public domain. That said, Chessie or Carter has said in the press that talks have been ongoing with all our players that are OOC which has apparently not been the case so that is out of order. Final thing, trying to ship him out to Huddersfield for the rest of this year seems spiteful and would leave us short in the backs.

Said without a hint of irony, whilst discussing it in the public domain...

Hi Bren, i didn't bring any of this information into the public domain. Just commenting on what is already out there. Hope this helps.

Do you know if he's been offered an unfair deal because I never said that he had, he was offered a deal with no room for negotiation and a timescale put on it, if you think that's fair then that's the end of the matter, you do know of course that the club has signed Walker from London which gives the club a bit of an advantage over negotiations, but maybe if your one of Carters pals what also post on here you'll know this already and maybe there in lies a clue why you think the club has treat Hampshire fairly.

We are moving the discussion from Wigan to Hampshire's contract. No one to blame but it needs to be on a seperate thread.
Keep commenting but I will remove everything shortly.

For my bit, I like Hampshire but there is only so much to go round. I don't know any details but I wonder where on the list of contracts those asking to retain him would put him.
What would you say if he wanted more than say TJ, Fifita, Tupou, Lyne, Ashurst, Miller, Arona, Batch? Where does he fit in that list. I'd suggest he sees his position higher than the club does.

Pop Tart he is worth more than all of those players, why because he is a creative player, a natural, a gifted runner with pace to burn, a reader of the game, a magnificent support player, a player who creates trys out of nothing, a goal kicker, a magnificent defender, a player with soft hands who has the full range of passes. It is not so difficult to find honest hard working players do run the pay in, to tackle , to do the donkey work, there are plenty of them some better than others at basically the same job. But what we have in Hampshire is that very difficult to find creative half back, the type of player that clubs are paying big money for. These players are the top earners, Austin, Lui, Williams, Mcquire, Gale, etc etc . Then you have your brilliant hookers McShane , Roby etc would command a wage. Your honest hard runner with limited skill set are replaceable , Hampshie and the like are not. Clubs spend big money bringing SL untried Aussies over to fill that role as their is such a shortage of gifted home grown half backs and many fail. By the way Miller is not fit to lace Hampshires boots.

it’s an opinion but not one shared by super league managers it would appear ...

Hampshire on the wing this week ? He did well on the wing for Cas in 2016. Good foot movement and knows where the line is, plus quick.

If Hampshire was being dropped after the Catalans game no wonder we are in a pickle, created our only two tries and should have been 3 if Bill had caught his pass early on. Absolute madness.

Also think he is a much better goal kicker than Brough is these days.

On the Hudds link, again madness. We shouldn’t be looking to strengthen a relegation rival whilst taking on one of their players who has been out of form for ages

Why the hell would Chester even entertain swapping Rocky for Roberts? Roberts looked promising a couple of years ago but has been uuter tripe since. He can't even get into a poor Huddersfield team! If this is/was correct (and i'm not doubting you by the way) then Chester has lost the plot.

The Roberts thing is daft but we do know CC likes his back rowers.

Thinking logically why would we look to strengthen a fellow struggler and weaken ourselves. Huddersfield have no reason to give us one of their players, they only need to wait a few weeks and he is a free agent.

Know he did not want as much as Fafita,but with medical bills and bringing in players for injured players the club could not meet is demand.Could be come a all time great not there yet .We have kept a lot of good players at the club ,so Mr Carter must be doing something right.I am olso concerned about bringing players who are reaching the end of there S L life in on 2 or 3 year contracts if report s are true

I don't have a clue mate but on that point you could say what has Chester got against Jowitt? shudds have been after hamsh for ages and wanted him early, maybe Roberts was just make weight, It's not really my business I'm just sick of the unjust stick Ryan has received from certain quarters on here what believe it must be his fault.